Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to invading privacy and occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that the US Marshals Service — since 2007 — has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept communications between your mobile phone and the carrier’s legitimate cell tower, allowing the US Marshals to find and triangulate the exact location of a target. Obviously, the primary target of the system is criminals — but the report says a lot of “innocent Americans” are also being tagged by the program.

The Amazon Appstore started off with a bright enough future, given the fact that Android apps desperately need exposure, exploration, and organization. Sadly, the online retail giant’s attempt to fix a very broken system hasn’t quite succeeded, and in some ways, has even made it worse off than it was before.

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